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Tongaon Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Tongaon is a medium size village located in Gandhwani Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 335 families residing. The Tongaon village has population of 1551 of which 764 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 15.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongaon village is 1030 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongaon as per census is 1026, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Tongaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongaon village was 42.93 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Tongaon Male literacy stands at 50.46 % while female literacy rate was 35.63 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tongaon village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tongaon village.

Tongaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,551 764 787
Child (0-6) 235 116 119
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 1,398 680 718
Literacy 42.93 % 50.46 % 35.63 %
Total Workers 836 410 426
Main Worker 608 - -
Marginal Worker 228 98 130

Caste Factor

In Tongaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Tongaon village.

Work Profile

In Tongaon village out of total population, 836 were engaged in work activities. 72.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 836 workers engaged in Main Work, 566 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.